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Yoga Day by Day: a guide to holistic practices for healthy living
Published by Swan Yoga Publications, 2009.
I wrote Yoga Day by Day in an obscure upstairs corner of a cafe while my son was at Kung Fu lessons. But that’s not really the point.
Wall to Wall Green
Published in the Organic Gardener, Feb-March, 2020.
Building with rooftop gardens and living walls are part of a revolution to regreen our cities and homes and bring more nature into our lives. Helen Cushing tells how.
Seeds of Change: the seed savers networks of the world
Published in Simply Living in November 1992.
I was pregnant with my second child. He was due in one week. Plenty of time to send this feature article to Sydney (on a CD by snail mail from Bellingen). Or so I thought. As I was writing, I went into labour. My son was born four hours later. I completed the article, but someone else wrote the practical box (:.
Yuraygir National Park
Published by Out There magazine in Autumn, 1994. Out There was an adventure travel glossy edited by Lincoln Hall for the iconic outdoor equipment company, Paddy Pallin.
On the mid-north coast of NSW is a slither of national park running along a heavenly stretch of coastline, including the estuary of the Sandon River. A friend had built a wooden sailing dinghy. Three young families loaded up the kids and camping gear and set off to launch the new boat. Those were the days.
Working through Winter
Published in Tasmanian Life in July, 2008.
As Gardening Editor for Tassie Life, I contributed a seasonal practical to each issue.
Cafe Jardin - Wild Temptations
In the late 19th century, ‘plant hunters’ deliberately removed entire populations of orchids from their high altitude homes in the Andes and cut down cut down whole forests to collect epiphyte orchids from the canopy.
Cafe Jardin - Taking Trees to Heart
How two brush box trees provided more than childhood fun.
Cafe Jardin - Gardening for Freedom
Nelson Mandela is not known for his reflections on gardening.
Cafe Jardin - Gods of the Garden
A recent trip of mine to India was framed by two gardens in Calcutta, a city that is home to almost as many people as live in all of Australia.
Cafe Jardin - Let Roses Be
It’s time for the ‘Organic Garden Police’ to look more kindly on the rose.
Cafe Jardin - Freedom Zones
Surging opposition in India by grassroots groups, farmers and activists is putting the heat on corporate biopirates.
Cafe Jardin - A Blind Spot for Weeds
With burgeoning international trade, weeds and pests are gaining free passage around the globe, but gardeners are far from guilt-free when it comes to the spread of problem plants.
Cafe Jardin - Wildflower Child
The complex interactions between plants, insects and birds are often ignored in horticultures quest for the latest flower fashion.
Cafe Jardin - Red Ant Reverence
What inspires gardeners to take the sometimes rough and overgrown road that is organics?